a veg life

(posted by Emily) Saturday 19 July Daily Step Count: 29,572 On Saturday morning, we woke up to another great breakfast from our hotel. Having the benefit of a free meal to start the day was totally worth it to us. We checked out of our room, but had the hotel hold our backpacks so we could pick them up later, closer to our departure. We decided to head back over to San Marco Square to see what the line for the basilica looked like. The streets were packed, with lots of tour groups from the cruise ships in town for the weekend.  The line to get in to the church was still pretty long, so we opted to get on the vaporetto and head over to Lido .     Lido is another one of Venice's islands, very long and narrow. It has swimmable beaches, so the locals tend to go there on the weekend to escape. The boat trip over was easy enough, though crowded.   When we got to Lido, I was feeling a bit nauseous from the boat ride. Strange, becau...

(posted by Emily) Friday 18 July Daily Step Count: 29,448 On our first morning in Venice, we got up reasonably early to get breakfast in the hotel's breakfast room. There weren't a whole lot of options for us, but we enjoyed toast, fresh fruit, coffee, bread and oil for Rick, and orange/carrot/lemon juice. Up first on the agenda was the famous Rialto Market . In addition to fresh fruits and veggies, tons of seafood is available at the market as well. We have definitely noticed that Venice is a great destination for seafood lovers--you could eat freshly caught seafood at every meal, and try things you've never had before like spaghetti with squid ink, softshell crabs, and sea snails. We wandered the narrow streets for a bit, takingin the local neighborhoods and finding less popular areas. Eventually, we ended up back in San Marco Square. The line to get in to the basilica was just too long at this point in the day. wand...